Austin City Code § 4-2-1 DEFINITIONS.
§ 4-2-1 - DEFINITIONS.
In this chapter:
(1) ALARM NOTIFICATION means a notification, excluding a recorded message prohibited by Section 9-4-53 (Recorded Telephone Message to Police or Fire Department Prohibited) of the Code, intended to summon the police, designed to be initiated:
(a) intentionally by a person; or
(b) by an alarm system that responds to a stimulus characteristic of unauthorized intrusion.
(2) ALARM SITE means the property served by an alarm system and under the control of a single owner, tenant, or lessor.
(3) ALARM SYSTEM means electrical, mechanical, or electronic equipment that emits, transmits, or relays a signal intended to summon the police by direct or indirect means, except:
(a) an alarm system installed on a motor vehicle, unless the vehicle is permanently located at an alarm site;
(b) an alarm system designed to alert only the residents of a premise not equipped with a local alarm;
(c) an alarm system installed on a premise:
(i) occupied by the United States Government; or
(ii) owned and occupied by state government;
(d) an alarm system designed solely to detect or give notice of fire or smoke; or
(e) a communication device not designed solely to produce an alarm notification.
(4) ALARM SYSTEM BUSINESS means a person who sells, installs, services, monitors, or responds to alarm systems or notifications.
(5) BURGLAR ALARM means a device or system that transmits a signal intended to summon police in response to a burglary.
(6) DIRECTOR means the Director of the Development Services Department or successor department.
(7) FALSE ALARM NOTIFICATION means an alarm notification to the Police Department resulting in a finding by the responding officer or a subsequent investigation, that there is no evidence of actual or attempted unauthorized intrusion, robbery, attempted robbery, or other illegal activity.
(8) LOCAL ALARM means an alarm system that emits a signal at an alarm site that is audible or visible from the exterior of a structure.
(9) PRINCIPAL ALARM PERMIT means a permit issued to the owner or property manager of a residential apartment complex in which an alarm system operates.
(10) PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM (PANIC BUTTON) ALARM means an alarm system that is installed at the residence of a person or business, monitored by an alarm systems company, and designed only to permit the person to signal the occurrence of a medical or personal emergency so that the company may dispatch appropriate aid; it is not part of a burglar alarm system or fire alarm system.
Source: 1992 Code Section 8-6-1; Ord. 031023-12; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 20070111-012; Ord. No. 20210422-053, Pt. 1, 5-3-21; Ord. No. 20240718-007, Pt. 1, 10-1-24.